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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Acute Febrile Illness Caused by

Arbab Saddique, Shahzad Ali, Shamim Akhter, Iahtasham Khan, Heinrich Neubauer, Falk Melzer, Aman Ullah Khan, Asima Azam, Hosny El-Adawy

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Animal and Human Brucellosis in Pakistan.Frontiers in public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Arbab SaddiqueAnimal Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University 46000 Rawalpindi, Pakistan. saddiquearbab@gmail.com.
Shahzad AliWildlife Epidemiology and Molecular Microbiology Laboratory (One Health Research Group), Discipline of Zoology, Department of Wildlife and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Ravi Campus, 55300, Pattoki, Pakistan. shahzad.ali@uvas.edu.pk.
Shamim AkhterAnimal Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University 46000 Rawalpindi, Pakistan. sashraf1993@gmail.com.
Iahtasham KhanSection of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore Sub- campus Jhang, 35200, Pakistan. drkhan_uaf@yahoo.com.
Heinrich NeubauerFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 10 96a, D-07743 Jena, Germany. heinrich.neubauer@fli.de.
Falk MelzerFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 10 96a, D-07743 Jena, Germany. falk.melzer@fli.de.
Aman Ullah KhanFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 10 96a, D-07743 Jena, Germany. AmanUllah.Khan@fli.de.
Asima AzamDepartment of Zoology, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, 25000, Peshawar, Pakistan. asimaazam786@gmail.com.
Hosny El-AdawyFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Naumburger Str. 10 96a, D-07743 Jena, Germany. hosny.eladawy@fli.de.
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DEPir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University · PKUniversity of Veterinary and Animal Sciences · PKKafrelsheikh University · EGShaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brucellosis is a zoonosis of great and worldwide public health concern that can cause a severe febrile illness in humans. In Pakistan, brucellosis is a critical problem in both animals and humans. This study aimed to gain insight into its prevalence and to analyze the potential risk factors of patients with acute febrile illness (AFI) of an unknown cause, at the hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad in Pakistan. In total, 446 blood samples were collected from patients and screened for brucellosis using the Rose Bengal Plat Test (RBPT). All the serum samples were investigated for

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBrucella abortusBrucellosisFemaleFeverHumansMaleMiddle AgedPakistanPrevalenceRisk FactorsELISAhuman brucellosisRBPTreal-time PCRrisk factors

Identifiers

PMID31652718
PMCPMC6862605
OpenAlexW2981325858

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